"Summoning the primordial spirit of the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor is unexpectedly this exhausting, depleting my own lifespan so much. It's a pity that the Heaven Patching Crystal Mist can only replenish my consumed source energy and the fractured laws, but cannot replenish the burned lifespan back. Otherwise, I could summon the body of the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor to carry out attacks endlessly."
Fang Han shook his head upon seeing the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor whose intent had vanished.
Through this communication, he barely managed to somewhat reach an agreement with the long-departed soul of this Buddha Emperor. In the future, as long as he displayed the Minor Destiny Art to awaken this Buddha Emperor's primordial spirit to command the body, he could unleash unparalleled striking power against enemies, equivalent to himself having an Emperor Supreme Immortal bodyguard at any time and any place.
But the drawback was that the consumed lifespan was far too severe.
Just displaying it for a moment like that to awaken the primordial spirit had nearly cost Fang Han one percent of his lifespan.
This kind of depletion was truly too massive. An ordinary person simply couldn't afford to consume it. Even true Saints or Emperor Supreme Immortals, who could afford to consume the lifespan, unfortunately could not display the Minor Destiny Art and fundamentally couldn't awaken the slumbering primordial spirit.
For a primordial spirit that was already dead, only an expert who grasped the power of destiny and the power of fate could completely summon the dead primordial spirit back. Moreover, these primordial spirits still possessed their own consciousness; even if awakened, they might not be controlled by oneself.
The reason Fang Han was able to reach an agreement with the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor was, firstly, because the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor was an expert of Buddhism; upon seeing the talisman of the World King Buddha, he understood some things. Secondly, because Fang Han mastered the Minor Destiny Art and was glib-tongued, giving the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor infinite hope.
If it were an expert like the Ghost Martial Sage Monarch of the God Race, upon being awakened, he would probably just carry out a slaughter against Fang Han.
"Regardless of what happens, this is exactly a killer move of mine. Although there are extremely many restrictions, and it brings no benefit at all to my own cultivation, but instead requires depleting a massive amount of lifespan, it is nevertheless a great killer move! Summoning the primordial spirit of this Buddha, controlling his body to carry out assassinations, even a Saint wouldn't be his opponent." Fang Han said silently in his heart.
His original intention was to refine this body, but he found that he fundamentally couldn't refine it successfully.
Thus, after comprehending for a thousand years, he thought of such a method.
Using the Minor Destiny Art to consume lifespan, awakening the already dead soul of this person, then conversing and reaching an agreement, so that setting it loose against an enemy in the future could truly protect himself.
The Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor's magic power was boundless. With every gesture, he possessed infinite majesty. In the primordial era, he was an Emperor Supreme Immortal whose name shook a region. Once awakened, utilizing the power within his body, he possessed a terrifying might capable of destroying heaven and earth and shocking the universe.
The corpse of the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor completely flew up again, entered Fang Han's body, and sat cross-legged in the center of a crystal divine country, warming and nourishing itself. Fang Han sat cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing.
The consumption just now was truly too massive. Even with his cultivation of a half-Saint, it was somewhat difficult for him to sustain.
The Heaven Patching Crystal Mist could not replenish lifespan. However, the profound marvels of Creation Artifacts did not end there. He calculated in his Universal Astrolabe that as long as all the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures transformed into Peerless Grade Immortal Artifacts, then the Heaven Patching Crystal Mist could turn into Heaven Patching Stones.
At that time, the Heaven Patching Stones could possess the spiritual efficacy of replenishing lost lifespan.
If the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures all utterly transformed into King Grade Immortal Artifacts, then the person using them could even directly live as long as heaven and earth. Of course, the cost entirely to refine them into King Grade Immortal Artifacts was truly too immense.
It could be said that even if Fang Han cultivated to become a Saint, or even an Emperor Supreme Immortal, he might not necessarily be able to refine the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures into King Grade Immortal Artifacts unless he obtained some heavens-spanning miraculous encounter.
Even for a peerless Heavenly Monarch, refining the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures into King Grade Immortal Artifacts was extremely difficult.
"I should try to use the body of this Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor as little as possible. The more lifespan I lose, the harder it will be for me to advance to the realm of a Saint in the future. Unless it's an absolute last resort, I must not use it." Fang Han thought secretly. While sitting cross-legged, he circulated his own magic power, began to cultivate, and deduced the various Dao arts, martial arts, and stone passages… that he had learned from the Blood Trial, attempting to forge them in one furnace, striving for the illumination of wisdom, to advance again, operate the Dao of the Saint, and reach the realm of a Saint.
Right now, he was only half a step away from the Dao of the Saint, but this distance of half a step was truly too vast, harder than ascending to the blue sky.
Just as he was comprehending ultimate arts, deeper within the Ascension Heavenly Kingdom, in an unknown alternate dimension, some infinitely tyrannical figures were currently holding a meeting.
Fully hundreds or thousands of Origin Immortal experts, dozens of Saints, as well as a few old antiques and living fossils at the level of Emperor Supreme Immortals were sitting cross-legged in a primordial chaos-like void.
This exactly was the true essence of the Ascension Sect, the supreme decision-makers. If these figures were destroyed, the Ascension Sect would truly perish.
"Supreme Headmaster, what do you think this time? The intelligence from this Blood Trial has already been transmitted to us here. I believe everyone has already seen it. Among the Saint Sons of our Ascension Sect, a person unexcelled in history and peerless in his generation has actually emerged, Feng Yuan. He has now cultivated to the realm of a half-Saint, and rumors say his strength is already fully comparable to a Saint. Such a rare genius as this has almost never appeared in our Ascension Sect."
A Saint suddenly stood up.
This Saint was not tall in stature; on the contrary, he was somewhat short. But just standing there like that, no one dared to underestimate him. There was a natural majesty of becoming a Saint upon standing ground.
This was exactly an expert within the Ascension Sect, the "Earth Saint".
His whole body's magic power was exceedingly robust, he was battle-hardened, and who knows how many experts he had beheaded.
At this time, he was speaking to a young man wearing feather clothes and a star-crowned hat. This young man's gaze was mild, gentle as jade, possessing the flavor of a modest gentleman. This young man's body had the slightest fluctuation, even seeming like a normal person, but any casual movement of his carried an entirely naturally completed flavor.
This was exactly the rare genius of the Ascension Sect, not seen in a hundred million years, and the current Supreme Headmaster of the Ascension Sect, the "Feathers Emperor."
Originally, the position of Supreme Headmaster of the Ascension Sect was undertaken by experts of the Hua Family. Because the founder of the Ascension Sect was exactly Heavenly Monarch Hua. But because in the recent tens of millions of years, a genius was slowly born, exactly the current "Feathers Emperor", and in rumors, he was the figure with the most hope of comprehending the Heavenly Monarch realm.
Now he had already cultivated to the realm of "living as long as heaven and earth," almost as long as the Heaven Realm did not perish, he would not perish.
However, this realm still had a immense disparity with a Heavenly Monarch. Heavenly Monarchs had the chance of not perishing even if the Heaven Realm perished.
But the realm of "living as long as heaven and earth" was already extremely terrifying. Precisely because of this, the Ascension Sect had its current majesty. Back then, among the numerous Emperors of the Heavenly Court, those Emperors who could cultivate to the realm of living as long as heaven and earth were only a sparse few—"Emperor Xi," "Emperor Wu," "Emperor Qi," and "Emperor Ming," numbering no more than ten.
"Living as long as heaven and earth" was basically a half-step Heavenly Monarch.
Precisely because of this, the "Feathers Emperor" could possibly sit securely on the grand position of Headmaster in the Ascension Sect, remaining unshaken for tens of millions of years. Because even some Emperor Supreme Immortals of the Hua Family hadn't cultivated to this realm.
"I have already noticed this child." The Feathers Emperor was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "It seems my Ascension Sect is in possession of grand destiny, to actually be able to birth such a peerless divine genius. He defeated even Wisdom Fist Mu Ye Zhen, Martial Tyrant Huangfu Fei, and the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei, and even collected the treasure left behind by the Heavenly Zen Buddha Emperor. If he continues to grow like this, having one more Saint, or even an Emperor Supreme Immortal in our Ascension Sect is an entirely steady certainty."
"I don't necessarily see it that way."
A sharp voice practically resounded. It was an Emperor of the Ascension Sect who sat cross-legged in the east speaking: "Feathers Emperor, this person has already stirred up major disaster, are you aware? In the Blood Trial, he killed a Saint Son of the Taiyi Sect, Zhao Fenghua. This person is exactly the illegitimate son of the Hideous Emperor. With the Hideous Emperor's personality, he will definitely come looking to knock on our door. By then, I'm afraid many, many Saint Sons of our Ascension Sect will be plunged into an unfavorable condition."
"In the Blood Trial, any fault is not considered a fault. This is exactly the rule designated by the Heavenly Court. Even if he killed the son of a Heavenly Monarch, there could be no settling of accounts afterward." The Feathers Emperor glanced at this Emperor Supreme Immortal: "Hua Wenchang, I know that in the Blood Trial, that Hua Zhentian had some minor conflicts with Feng Yuan and ran to you to complain tearfully, but this is only a minor matter."
That Emperor Supreme Immortal was precisely called "Hua Wenchang," with the title of "Emperor Chang."
"You shouldn't put it that way." Another Emperor Supreme Immortal spoke: "There is no need to speak of what happened in the Blood Trial, but this person seems to harbor a conspiracy, and there is the shadow of some major figure behind him. I heard he offended Love Saint Nangong Shangxin and the latter went to find trouble with him, but retreated for no apparent reason. The matters within this cannot help but be investigated. It's possible this child is a spy."
"For young people, possessing some miraculous encounters is very normal. He exactly obtained the dao legacy of the Many Treasures Heavenly Monarch." The Feathers Emperor said: "As for Nangong Shangxin, look here, this exactly is a letter he gave me not long ago. He has already cultivated to the realm of an Emperor Supreme Immortal, his Dao arts advancing by leaps and bounds. His current title is no longer Love Saint, but Love Emperor."
While speaking, the Feathers Emperor shook his sleeve, and completely sent a letter flying out.
That Hua Wenchang grabbed with his hand, and this letter fell into his hand. In an instant, a vast and magnificent power emerged from that letter, condensing into a phantom.
This phantom was exactly the appearance of Nangong Shangxin, its power surging wave after wave, such that even Hua Wenchang couldn't grasp it.
"How could he possess such tyrannical power?"
Hua Wenchang said in shock: "Even if Nangong Shangxin successfully advanced to the realm of an Emperor Supreme Immortal, he is nothing more than a beginning-level Emperor, far unable to compare with me. Now this aura of power, how does it seem to be above even ours?"
Many Saints also entirely began discussing animatedly, and intense shock completely manifested on the faces of several other Emperor Supreme Immortals.
"Fellow Daoists of the Ascension Sect, my greetings." The moment Nangong Shangxin appeared, he was exceedingly elegant: "I cultivated to become an Emperor Supreme Immortal this time and sent this letter exactly for the sake of the friction between the Ascension Sect and the Nangong Family. Regarding the matter of Feng Yuan, the fault lies precisely with my Nangong Family. Let us turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk here. Moreover, my Nangong Family has prepared a gift, which has already completely been delivered to Headmaster Feathers Emperor's hands along with the letter, hoping it will be entirely given to Feng Yuan."
While speaking, the shadow of Nangong Shangxin vanished.